diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
index cbbbad7b87..4086aa25e0 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=dnsmasq
 PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION:=2.82
 PKG_VERSION:=$(subst test,~~test,$(subst rc,~rc,$(PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION)))
-PKG_RELEASE:=8
+PKG_RELEASE:=9
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_UPSTREAM_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq
diff --git a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
index 19052e2333..8c42ef782e 100644
--- a/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
+++ b/package/network/services/dnsmasq/files/dhcp.conf
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ config dnsmasq
 	#list notinterface	lo
 	#list bogusnxdomain     '64.94.110.11'
 	option localservice	1  # disable to allow DNS requests from non-local subnets
+	option ednspacket_max	1232
 
 config dhcp lan
 	option interface	lan